Recent content by Acamas

Coming back to this forum after some months in Turkey I was disappointed. I returned to England with some practical questions and concerns about life in Turkey and thought it worth trawling the forum for info. The 4 months of postings that I had missed whilst away took up a bare 30 minutes to...

There is a growing epidemic of the use of LOL in posts. Am i the only one who is irritated by the indiscriminate scattering of this? lol It is usually obvious that the post is humorous or meant to be taken lightly and the LOL is superfluous. IF not, it only take a few words or a phrase to...

Aldi has a special coming up on Thursday 31st August for Electronic language phrase translators for £14.99 (Turkish is one of the languages available). They seem cheap enough. I don't like using these sort of things but I know some of you do so here is the link if you want to check it out...

If you needed proof, here it is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EQ225KH3VFGUXQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2006/08/19/nthief19.xml

From today's London Times: World News August 17, 2006 Pleasing all sides will test...

From today's Sunday Times: Directions: Oil slick bound for Turkey HOLIDAY BEACHES in Cyprus and Turkey are at risk from an oil slick that is being described by Greenpeace as the “worst environmental disaster ever experienced in the Mediterranean”. As much as 35,000 tonnes of oil has spilt...

Here is some software that can help you manage your photos. It can help you orgainze, edit, enhance, resize (for posting on the forum), email make slideshows and batch convert your photos. This software is QUALITY OPEN SOURCE and is well worthwhile for the advanced user as well as the novice...

New fare structure from BA. I have just checked it out and there are plenty of deals to be had!

FROM TODAY'S TELEGRAPH newspaper: Anger as 'honour killing' family try to adopt victim's son By Hannah Cleaver in Berlin (Filed: 19/04/2006) The family of an ethnic Turkish German woman executed by her brother in an "honour killing" has sparked outrage by applying for custody of her young...

Istanbul blasts wounds 31 46 minutes ago ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A bomb explosion on a busy pedestrian street on the outskirts of Istanbul wounded 31 people on Sunday, police said, in the latest violence to strike Turkey in recent weeks. ADVERTISEMENT Istanbul's police chief Celalettin Cerrah...

FYI only. Taken from this morning's Sunday Times: The Sunday Times April 09, 2006 Directions: Turkish tourist threat The Kurdish terrorists behind last year’s Kusadasi bus bombing have threatened specifically to target tourists across Turkey this summer. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons...

Be aware that at Izmir ADB airport a 0.5l bottle of Tuborg costs 12.5YTL. The other beers are also priced at similarly outrageous prices.

In addition to the Isbank ATM by the Belediye, a second ATM has been installed next to the Akguller market in Akbuk. It is an Akbank branded one. Not yet up and running.

Seems like I, along with others, just got screwed by a crooked realtor and lost everything. More details when possible. Be careful out there!

HEAVY SMOKERS The world’s biggest tobacco markets (cigarettes sold in 2004) 1. China: 1,798.1bn 2. Russia: 365.7bn 3. United States: 360.4bn 4. Japan: 291.3bn 5. Indonesia: 127.5bn 6. Turkey: 123.4bn 7. Germany: 121.5bn 8. South Korea: 111.3bn 9. Ukraine: 103.5bn 10. Brazil: 101bn...